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  1. Tirpitz, German Battle Ship

    Tirpitz, German Battle Ship

    1939 TIRPITZ. For years the Tirpitz was a lonely queen of the north posing a continuous threat to the North Sea convoys between Great Britain and the Soviet Union, and as a result she tied up substantial naval forces all on her own. The second and last battleship of the Bismarck class was the...
  2. Provence French Battleship

    Provence French Battleship

    1913 PROVENCE, was almost a relic of a bygone age by the time of the fall of France in 1940, having already been in service for 25 years, but there were momentous events still to come. THE BRETAGNE CLASS The three ships of the class Bretagne and Lorraine were the others were authorised...
  3. Bretagne French battleship

    Bretagne French battleship

    1913 BRETAGNE. Leader of a class of three battleships constructed under the 1912 Programme for the French Navy, which entered service during the First World War.
  4. Courbet French Battleship

    Courbet French Battleship

    1911 COURBET. The leader of Frances first class of Dreadnought monocalibre battle ships, four of which were completed on the eve of the First World War. THE CO URBET CLASS Authorised under the 1910 construction programme, the Courbets were a rather tardy reply to the monocalibre...
  5. Carnot French Battleship

    Carnot French Battleship

    1894 CARNOT. One of a group of five very similar battleships constructed for the French Navy throughout the 1 890s, characterised by the extreme tumblehome of their hull form. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION Naval architects of this period were forced to pay considerable attention, for the first...
  6. HMS Vanguard Battle Ship

    HMS Vanguard Battle Ship

  7. USS New Jersey Battle Ship

    USS New Jersey Battle Ship

    1942 USS NEW JERSEY. After the destruction of the two Yamalos, the Iowa class were the most powerful capital ships in the world. Home to almost 2000 men, they went through many changes in careers that spanned five decades.
  8. USS Arizona Battle Ship

    USS Arizona Battle Ship

    1915 USS ARIZONA. The second of the Pennsylvania class battleships constructed before the United States of America entered the First World War, the first ships of the US Navy to mount twelve l4in (356mm) guns.
  9. 16" SIX PACK

    16" SIX PACK

    BB-60 USS Alabama's main guns. 6 - 16 inch 45 calibre rifled guns.
  10. USS Alabama

    USS Alabama

    The United States Battleship BB-60 USS Alabama(South Dakota class) at Mobile Bay,Alabama U.S.A. Battleship Memorial Park. There are quite a few pieces of armor, artillery,aircraft,and a WWII submarine,the USS Drum SS-228(Gato class).I was there in October 1989 , it is a world class memorial park.
  11. Battleships

    Battleships

  12. Schleswig-Holstein

    Schleswig-Holstein

    German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarded Polish enclave Westerplatte in Gdansk by the Baltic Sea 1 september 1939 4.45 am
  13. Unknown Battleship ?

    Unknown Battleship ?

    Unknown Battleship ?Can you identify it ?
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